Jon Stich will be having a show of new paintings, opening is Friday March 2nd from 6-9 pm at Rise Above Graphics / 4770 Telegraph / Oakland, CA. The show runs through March; in addition to originals and prints for sale, the gallery will be selling t-shirts of Jon’s “Mr. T-Rex”.
Stephen Savage illustrates a review of "Girlchild" with felt appliqué, for the Boston Globe Book Review.
Jamie Hogan celebrates February 29th with this golden toad from her latest children’s book, A Warmer World, written by Caroline Arnold and now available in Theispot.com Bookstore. “Adapt or face extinction…” is well worth a leap!
Malin Rosenqvist gives us a sample of the cover and five illustrations she created on the topic of the internet and its future for German Impact Media.
David Fullarton Just completed this illustration for an article entitled “Jim Allison’s Long and Winding Road,” for UC Berkeley’s California Magazine. Allison, the subject of both article and illustration, discovered a protein which attaches to T cells and went on to develop a drug to block its action. If the new drug did its job, it would free up the immune system to identify and attack cancerous cells, even those that have resisted chemotherapy.
Janet Hamlin returns to Guantanamo Bay once again, to court report the Majid Khan arraignment tomorrow. “Today we took a tour of the camps where the detainees are held, and were allowed inside a recently vacated camp,” says Janet.
Jennifer Taylor shares the latest in her series of strange and anthropomorphic characters, Skunk Chef, most likely prepping dinner for Frog Boss.
Ruth Rowland was interviewed for the “Scrapbook” series by Illustration Ltd in the UK this month. She discussed everything from her singular hand lettering to her start in the record industry, the creative chaos of her East London studio and her secret obsessions… The interview also includes a free download of the specially designed poster, below.
Yuta Onoda’s work is currently featured in both Advanced Photoshop magazine (Issue 92, in the project focus section) and Gestalten’s fabulous book, Illustrators Unlimited.
Chris Gash’s drawing table ranneth over this month, as usual! Here are a few of the jobs he’s done that we somehow missed earlier: For The Wall Street Journal, illustrating an article about how to interpret all those baffling letter classifications for mutual funds:
This intriguing image by Vlad Alvarez is featured in the current issue of Creative Quarterly Magazine, volume 25.
Carl Wiens’ illustration for beloved client On Earth magazine accompanies an article about a new generation of greenhouses built in hot, arid environments that draw salt water from the oceans, use the water to cool and control the temperatures inside the greenhouses, and produce fresh water for the operation.
Jon Krause’s double page spread for Mormon lifestyle publication LDS Living Magazine illustrates “The Crusade for Cleanliness,” an article bout fighting the battle against pornography.
Kim Rosen rounds up her witty batch of February illustrations for The Boston Globe magazine’s popular “Coupling” column.
Ellen M. Byrne’s calendar of regional scenes won her a Gold ADDY and Judges’ Award at The Greater Frederick AAF Club. Below is the image from April.
Kevin McFadin illustrated a recent article for Research Magazine about getting through to the bustling, churning mind of an entrepreneur. How do you turn some of their precious attention away from “the next big thing” to focus on their investment and financial needs?
Richard Borge shares a self-generated film title sequence he created for his own dream client, Brooklyn Animated Shorts Festival.
[[posterous-content:pid___0]]Javier Medellin Puyou designed this poster for Feria Nacional Potosina, a famous Mexican fair held every August. Various attractions of the fair are highlighted on each balloon, such as the art scene, food and commercial area, and amusement park.
Kim Rosen’s illustration in the current OnEarth magazine addresses the joy of buying cool new outdoor gear versus the guilt that getting rid of all the old, heavy stuff causes.
David Navas adds another dimension to his work with the advent of the iPhone and iPad. “I started doing work with the iPhone and iPad about four years ago,” says David. “I am still pushing the limits and experimenting with it, but I already find it to be a pretty perfect portable studio to produce illustration work quickly and in a very creative way.”
Taylor Callery is inspired by politics, medicine and business in this new series of personal work. "Rebel China" is a portrait of artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei.
Dale Stephanos commands the cover of this week's New York Observer with his caricature of William Boyland, the last of the "Brownsville Kennedys," and possibly the end of a political dynasty.
Bob Staake illustrated a series of six flashcards to be given to schoolkids who visit Michelle Obama's White House Vegetable Garden. Each character will be tossing a tomato, carrot, potato, etc into their mouth, the back side offering a veggie-based recipe. “Sometimes I solve the multi-race issue by simply depicting my kiddies with red, yellow, green and blue skin tones…”
